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ERIC Number: EJ678915
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-2517
Not Crying but Laughing: The Ethics of Horrifying Students.
Brina, Carolyn
Teaching in Higher Education, v8 n4 p517-28 Oct 2003
Asserts that a shared set of unexamined norms and values about the constitution of the "academic" allows teachers and learners to collude in avoiding difficult political and social issues. The argument is grounded in the author's experience teaching a module that uses shocking, politically controversial material to communicate social psychological ideas. (SM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Consciousness Raising, Emotional Response, Higher Education, Social Problems, Social Psychology, Social Responsibility
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Self Reflection; Student Engagement
Note: Theme Issue: "Within and Against: Examining the Academic Life."